μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Abduction by animal.

Captives and fugitives. · Captivity. · Abduction. · view the constellation · filed as R13

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Filed under Abduction.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Children carried off by animals Abduction by wild beast Abduction by domestic beast Person carried off by bird Abduction by reptile
Filed beside it
Princess (maiden) abducted. (Cf. R11.1, R12.1, R13.1, R16.1, R17.1, R25.1, R31.) Pretended abduction. Adulterous wife plots own abduction by paramour Children abducted Hero abducted by witch who loves him Abduction by monster (ogre). (Cf. G440.) Abduction by pirates Deity (demigod) abducts person Abduction by transformed person Abduction by whirlwind. (Cf. D1520.28.) Abduction by rejected suitor Abduction by giving soporific Abduction with aid of magic mask which renders invisible. (Cf. D1361.32.) Abductor in disguise. (Cf. K1310.) Abduction through underground passage Light extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.) Abduction by stealing clothes of bathers
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Exposed child carried off by wild beast. (Cf. R13.)

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